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VigilNet Omaha man on probation wore GPS tracker while robbing Bluffs McDonald's at gunpoint, police say<p><img class="img-responsive" style="float: left; margin: 4px;" src="/Content/Media/Image/Blog/OmahaManProbationGPS.jpg" alt="Omaha Man on Probation wore GPS tracker" width="280" height="210" />Omaha man on probation wore GPS tracker while robbing Bluffs McDonald's at gunpoint, police say. Keonte Martin, 20, is charged with first-degree robbery and ongoing criminal conduct. If convicted of both charges, Martin faces up to 50 years in prison. Source <a href="http://omaha.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.omaha.com</a>.</p>
<p>Read More: <a href="https://www.omaha.com/news/crime/omaha-man-on-probation-wore-gps-tracker-while-robbing-bluffs/article_b1a09ed6-6a71-5fe9-a913-626291c74870.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.omaha.com/news/crime/omaha-man-on-probation-wore-gps-tracker-while-robbing-bluffs/article_b1a09ed6-6a71-5fe9-a913-626291c74870.html</a></p>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -05002018-08-14T00:00:00-05:00<p><img class="img-responsive" style="float: left; margin: 4px;" src="http://vigilnet.com/Content/Media/Image/Blog/OmahaManProbationGPS.jpg" alt="Omaha Man on Probation wore GPS tracker" width="280" height="210" />Omaha man on probation wore GPS tracker while robbing Bluffs McDonald's at gunpoint, police say. Keonte Martin, 20, is charged with first-degree robbery and ongoing criminal conduct. If convicted of both charges, Martin faces up to 50 years in prison. Source <a href="http://omaha.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.omaha.com</a>.</p>
<p>Read More: <a href="https://www.omaha.com/news/crime/omaha-man-on-probation-wore-gps-tracker-while-robbing-bluffs/article_b1a09ed6-6a71-5fe9-a913-626291c74870.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.omaha.com/news/crime/omaha-man-on-probation-wore-gps-tracker-while-robbing-bluffs/article_b1a09ed6-6a71-5fe9-a913-626291c74870.html</a></p>http://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/331/96-of-dui-offenders-wearing-scram-device-remained-sober-last-year-in-lancaster-countyhttp://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/331/96-of-dui-offenders-wearing-scram-device-remained-sober-last-year-in-lancaster-county
VigilNet 96% of DUI offenders wearing SCRAM device remained sober last year in Lancaster County<p><img class="img-responsive" style="margin: 5px; float: right;" src="/Content/Media/Image/Blog/scram2017b_0.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="225" />LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa.&ndash; Over 96 percent of DUI offenders in Lancaster wearing alcohol-detection devices are avoiding alcohol, according to recently-released data. In 2017, 745 people on bail conditions or probation/parole in Lancaster County wore a SCRAM device under the county&rsquo;s DUI repeat offender program.</p>
<p>Only 25 people violated the conditions by having a drink, according to data released by Vigilnet America, which supplies and monitors the devices. In other words, 96.6 % of the SCRAM wearers remained sober.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Read More: <a href="http://fox43.com/2018/02/22/96-of-dui-offenders-wearing-scram-device-remained-sober-last-year-in-lancaster-county/" target="_blank">http://fox43.com/2018/02/22/96-of-dui-offenders-wearing-scram-device-remained-sober-last-year-in-lancaster-county/</a></p>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -06002018-02-23T00:00:00-06:00<p><img class="img-responsive" style="margin: 5px; float: right;" src="http://vigilnet.com/Content/Media/Image/Blog/scram2017b_0.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="225" />LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa.&ndash; Over 96 percent of DUI offenders in Lancaster wearing alcohol-detection devices are avoiding alcohol, according to recently-released data. In 2017, 745 people on bail conditions or probation/parole in Lancaster County wore a SCRAM device under the county&rsquo;s DUI repeat offender program.</p>
<p>Only 25 people violated the conditions by having a drink, according to data released by Vigilnet America, which supplies and monitors the devices. In other words, 96.6 % of the SCRAM wearers remained sober.</p>
<p>Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman called it another successful year for the DROP program, which deals with a high-risk group of individuals who wear the devices. &ldquo;About three percent of the many hundreds of individuals on SCRAM last year had a drink,&rdquo; District Attorney Stedman said this week. &ldquo;To me, that shows the program is thriving and Lancaster County motorists are safer because of it.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Altogether, individuals on SCRAM were sober on 99 percent of days, calculated by multiplying the total individuals who wore anklets by the number of days they wore them. In all, that accounts for 75,228 combined days &ndash; 74,709 sober days. Most violations were due to tampering with the devices, not drinking.</p>
<p>Repeat offenders make up about 30 percent of the entire DUI caseload in Lancaster County. Last year, about 1,558 separate DUI dockets were filed &ndash; about 100 fewer than in 2016. (Those totals do not include cases that involved attached felonies, such as homicide by vehicle.)</p>
<p>DROP, including the SCRAM initiative, kicked into full gear in 2015 under the leadership of District Attorney Stedman and then-President Judge Joseph Madenspacher. Defendants are fitted with the anklet as part of bail conditions from arraignment, often within days of a charge being filed.</p>
<p>Lancaster County Assistant Court Administrator Dan Scarberry and his Pretrial Services staff supervise defendants wearing SCRAM anklets.</p>
<p>The Pretrial Services department receives morning reports from Vigilnet regarding the clients and any violations in the previous day. If there is a violation, a petition is filed with a judge within 48 hours to have the defendant&rsquo;s bail revoked and a bench warrant issued. A judge then rules on ramifications.</p>
<p>Vigilnet recorded 2.88 million SCRAM readings last year involving Lancaster County offenders.</p>
<p>DROP is 100 percent defendant-paid, including the monitoring and device rental costs related to SCRAM.</p>http://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/330/number-of-dui-charges-in-lancaster-county-decreased-in-2017http://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/330/number-of-dui-charges-in-lancaster-county-decreased-in-2017
VigilNet Number of DUI charges in Lancaster County decreased in 2017<p><img class="img-responsive" style="margin: 5px; float: right;" src="/Content/Media/Image/Blog/dui.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="225" /><strong>LANCASTER, NE</strong> <strong>Fox 43 News</strong> &mdash; The number of driving under the influence charges in Lancaster County decreased in 2017, according to a report from the Lancaster County District Attorney&rsquo;s Office.</p>
<p>A total of 1,558 DUI-related criminal dockets were filed by law enforcement in Lancaster County last year, the DA&rsquo;s office says. In 2016, there were 1,662 dockets filed in Lancaster County law enforcement.</p>
<p>Read More: <a href="http://fox43.com/2018/01/09/number-of-dui-charges-in-lancaster-county-decreased-in-2017-das-office-says/" target="_blank">http://fox43.com/2018/01/09/number-of-dui-charges-in-lancaster-county-decreased-in-2017-das-office-says/</a></p>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -06002018-01-11T00:00:00-06:00<p><img class="img-responsive" style="margin: 5px; float: right;" src="http://vigilnet.com/Content/Media/Image/Blog/dui.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="225" /><strong>LANCASTER, NE</strong> <strong>Fox 43 News</strong> &mdash; The number of driving under the influence charges in Lancaster County decreased in 2017, according to a report from the Lancaster County District Attorney&rsquo;s Office.</p>
<p>A total of 1,558 DUI-related criminal dockets were filed by law enforcement in Lancaster County last year, the DA&rsquo;s office says. In 2016, there were 1,662 dockets filed in Lancaster County law enforcement.</p>
<p>Read More: <a>http://fox43.com/2018/01/09/number-of-dui-charges-in-lancaster-county-decreased-in-2017-das-office-says/</a></p>
<p>Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman noted the chance of a one-year aberration, but stressed the number of DUI cases in the past four years &mdash; an average of 1,596 per year &mdash; is significantly lower than the four-year period prior, when an average of 1,717 cases were filed each year.</p>
<p>Stedman&rsquo;s office attributes the decrease to several possibilities, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Prosecution reform which gets at-risk offenders into treatment/on restriction, like SCRAM, faster than before. SCRAM and other restrictions are part of the county&rsquo;s DUI Repeat Offender Program (DROP);</li>
<li>Increased use of driver services, like Uber, Lyft and taxis;</li>
<li>Police efforts/checkpoints and enforcement deterrent;</li>
<li>Public awareness and perceptions.</li>
</ul>
<p>Implemented in the fall of 2016, DUI Central Court convenes twice a month at the Lancaster County Courthouse, where defendants typically opt to enter the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program, waive their preliminary hearing for guilty plea offers, enter a guilty plea, or have a preliminary hearing.</p>
<p>About 80 cases are called for each Central Court session. Assistant District Attorneys Ande Gonzalez and Trista Boyd are lead prosecutors.</p>
<p>Last year, at each session, action was taken in 74 percent of cases. Action is defined as a plea/sentencing (only in first-offense cases), a guilty plea, or a case being held over after a preliminary hearing or waiver of that hearing.</p>
<p>As part of reform, at-risk offenders &mdash; those charged with a second or subsequent DUI &mdash; are immediately placed on SCRAM, which monitors alcohol intake, and other restrictions, such as no-alcohol orders, or drug-alcohol treatment programs.</p>
<p>Those measures, Stedman said, could be factors in limiting the number of new DUI charges overall. Those most at-risk offenders, Stedman explained, are not drinking or continuing to drive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;And we have found that repeat DUI offenders are some of the most dangerous individuals on our roadways,&rdquo; Stedman said.</p>
<p>Previously, initial hearings in DUI cases were scheduled and held individually at the district court with jurisdiction of the respective cases. The next steps, such as application and entrance into ARD, previously happened separately. Now, everyone involved in the process meets at the downtown courthouse where cases are resolved or placed on a faster track toward resolution.</p>
<p>Essentially, a process that used to take up to a year is now taking weeks, in many cases.</p>
<p>Stedman is hopeful public perception of DUI is changing, while noting that is still a work in progress.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Potential DUI offenders should at least be aware that police officers in this county vigorously target intoxicated drivers and my office prosecutes those cases in the same manner,&rdquo; Stedman said. &ldquo;It is also becoming more-common knowledge that a DUI charge is costly in so many regards &mdash; financially, socially, and can result in the taking of a life.&rdquo;</p>http://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/329/county-invests-in-ankle-bracelets-for-alcohol-monitoringhttp://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/329/county-invests-in-ankle-bracelets-for-alcohol-monitoring
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<p>People ordered by Clatsop County Circuit Court not to consume alcohol will be required to wear ankle bracelets in the near future that track possible violations.</p>
<p>The county Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a contract Wednesday that will allow the Sheriff&rsquo;s Office to kick-start the program. It will likely be implemented by August, Lt. Kristen Hanthorn said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s something we&rsquo;ve been lacking,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been an ask by our judges and our treatment courts.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Daily costs to the Sheriff&rsquo;s Office for using the product total more than $25,000 per year, according to estimates given by services contractor Vigilnet America LLC.</p>
<p>The Sheriff&rsquo;s Office currently relies on urine tests to track offenders. Urine tests are sometimes passable with proper timing regardless of recent alcohol consumption. The bracelets automatically analyze body sweat every 30 minutes to ensure compliance.</p>
<p>Offenders both inside and outside of the county jail will be required to wear them, Hanthorn said.</p>
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<p><strong class="date-line"> OMAHA, NE, August 18, 2016 (Newswire.com) - </strong><span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet</span> America LLC (<a href="http://vigilnet.com/" target="_blank"><span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet</span></a>), a provider of offender monitoring services to the United States criminal justice system, announced today the release of VERSA&trade;, a cloud based criminal justice case management application designed to streamline and automate the way offender compliance information is monitored and disseminated to government personnel. VERSA Version 2016.1 is now available for purchase by the United States criminal justice marketplace. &nbsp;</p>
<p>VERSA empowers government agencies by automating both the reporting of compliance data to officers and communication with offenders. Offenders participating in VERSA benefit from a coordinated effort on behalf of community partners involved in their supervision. They are engaged in their supervision by <span class="nanospell-typo">smartphone</span> communication including email and text message notifications and reminders. Officers, treatment providers, counselors, judges, and others can all participate and share data on the same software platform and drive higher compliance rates and better outcomes. &nbsp;</p>
<blockquote id="sq-block" style="margin-bottom: 40px;"><q> "VERSA will allow criminal justice departments to zoom in and focus their attention and resources on those offenders truly in need. VERSA compliments the justice reform initiatives underway in many states by freeing up highly trained officers to focus on their higher risk offenders."</q>
<p id="sq-author" class="author" style="bottom: -49px;">Jake Dawes, Vigilnet Chief Operating Officer</p>
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<p><span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet</span> America LLC is one of the largest multi-state providers of offender monitoring programs in the country. <span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet</span> currently has full-scale programs operating throughout Nebraska, Oregon, Washington and Pennsylvania. According to Jake Dawes, <span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet's</span> chief operating officer, his company will be delivering an important tool and service to the marketplace at a crucial time. &ldquo;VERSA will allow criminal justice departments to zoom in and focus their attention and resources on those offenders truly in need. VERSA compliments the justice reform initiatives underway in many states by freeing up highly trained officers to focus on their higher risk offenders.&rdquo;</p>
<p><span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet's</span> customer service-based business model will drive VERSA implementation. "We recognize that high-quality support is fundamental to the success of offender management programs," says Dawes. &ldquo;We look forward to partnering with parole and probation agencies, courts and communities across the United States and leveraging our existing service infrastructure to grow programs and our customer base," he adds.</p>
<p>The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with overcrowded prisons and corrections costs consuming local, state and federal budgets. According to <span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet&rsquo;s</span> National Director of Business Development, Michael <span class="nanospell-typo">Beckley</span>, <span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet's</span> expansion into case management software is a testament to the role that technology-enabled services like cloud based applications and <span class="nanospell-typo">smartphones</span> are playing as they help make criminal justice strategies more effective by reducing costs, protecting communities and supporting offender rehabilitation.</p>
<p><strong>About <span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet</span> America LLC</strong></p>
<p><span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet</span> America LLC is a leading provider of alternative sentencing services to the correction industry. Since 2006, the company has helped courts, probation offices and other agencies implement effective programs for offender management that reduce costs, lower recidivism and protect communities. <span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet</span> provides services to more than 120 agencies across the country.</p>
<p><strong>Contact Information</strong></p>
<p><span class="nanospell-typo">Vigilnet</span><br />11248 John <span class="nanospell-typo">Galt</span> Blvd<br />Omaha NE 68137&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />PH: 888-381-8881 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />FAX: 402-339-7382</p>
<p>Source: Vigilnet America LLC</p>
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</section>http://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/311/new-dui-program-is-called-a-successhttp://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/311/new-dui-program-is-called-a-success
VigilNet New DUI Program is Called a Success<p><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana,geneva;"><strong>Lancaster, PA</strong> - Officials in Lancaster are calling their new DUI program a success.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana,geneva;">The DROP, or DUI Repeat Offender Program, was launched last January.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: verdana,geneva;">The program&rsquo;s goal is to keep repeat offenders from drinking until their case is seen in court.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;Read More: <a href="http://fox43.com/2016/01/21/new-dui-program-is-called-a-success/">http://fox43.com/2016/01/21/new-dui-program-is-called-a-success/</a></p>Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -06002016-01-28T00:00:00-06:00<p><strong>Lancaster, PA</strong> - Officials in Lancaster are calling their new DUI program a success.</p>
<p>The DROP, or DUI Repeat Offender Program, was launched last January.</p>
<p>The program&rsquo;s goal is to keep repeat offenders from drinking until their case is seen in court.</p>
<p>Offenders have to wear this device called a Scram around their ankle.</p>
<p>If they drink alcohol, the device will sense it and notify the authorities.</p>
<p>More than 300 individuals were put in the DROP this past year and of those only 19 drank alcohol.</p>
<p>The average Scram client in 2015 wore the bracelet for about 100 days.</p>http://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/310/washington-county-considers-microchip-monitoringhttp://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/310/washington-county-considers-microchip-monitoring
VigilNetWashington County Considers Microchip Monitoring<p><a title="Jail wants to keep track of up to 100 'pre-trial' defendants, Local News, Beaverton, Aloha local News, Breaking News alerts for Beaverton, Aloha city. " href="http://www.co.washington.or.us/" target="_blank">Washington County</a> law enforcement agencies got a favorable response on June 9 to their request for funding to expand electronic monitoring of people awaiting trial.</p>
<p>During a work session of the county <a title="Jail wants to keep track of up to 100 'pre-trial' defendants, Local News, Beaverton, Aloha local News, Breaking News alerts for Beaverton, Aloha city. " href="http://www.co.washington.or.us/BOC/" target="_blank">Board of Commissioners</a>, officials from the Washington County <a title="Jail wants to keep track of up to 100 'pre-trial' defendants, Local News, Beaverton, Aloha local News, Breaking News alerts for Beaverton, Aloha city. " href="http://www.co.washington.or.us/sheriff/" target="_blank">Sheriff's Office</a> and the Community Corrections Department asked for up to $143,000 to set up the program.</p>
<p>For the sheriff&rsquo;s office, which runs the Washington County Jail, part of the motivation for the request is that it would allow the release of up to 100 pre-trial defendants &mdash; those who are unable to make bail before their cases go to trial &mdash; into the community so as to avoid overcrowding in the jail and the potential forced release of more dangerous inmates.</p>
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<p>Read More:&nbsp;<a href="http://portlandtribune.com/bvt/15-news/264340-137137-washington-county-considers-microchip-monitoring">http://portlandtribune.com/bvt/15-news/264340-137137-washington-county-considers-microchip-monitoring</a></p>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:01:00 -05002015-07-08T15:01:00-05:00<p><a title="Jail wants to keep track of up to 100 'pre-trial' defendants, Local News, Beaverton, Aloha local News, Breaking News alerts for Beaverton, Aloha city. " href="http://www.co.washington.or.us/" target="_blank">Washington County</a> law enforcement agencies got a favorable response on June 9 to their request for funding to expand electronic monitoring of people awaiting trial.</p>
<p>During a work session of the county <a title="Jail wants to keep track of up to 100 'pre-trial' defendants, Local News, Beaverton, Aloha local News, Breaking News alerts for Beaverton, Aloha city. " href="http://www.co.washington.or.us/BOC/" target="_blank">Board of Commissioners</a>, officials from the Washington County <a title="Jail wants to keep track of up to 100 'pre-trial' defendants, Local News, Beaverton, Aloha local News, Breaking News alerts for Beaverton, Aloha city. " href="http://www.co.washington.or.us/sheriff/" target="_blank">Sheriff's Office</a> and the Community Corrections Department asked for up to $143,000 to set up the program.</p>
<p>For the sheriff&rsquo;s office, which runs the Washington County Jail, part of the motivation for the request is that it would allow the release of up to 100 pre-trial defendants &mdash; those who are unable to make bail before their cases go to trial &mdash; into the community so as to avoid overcrowding in the jail and the potential forced release of more dangerous inmates.</p>
<p>Those let out under forced release go unmonitored, while those in an official pre-trial release program would be electronically monitored.</p>
<p>Noting that so far this year the WCSO has released 99 individuals due to lack of room in the jail, Lt. Matthew Frohnert said the key issue is to &ldquo;make every bed count.&rdquo; Forced release, he said, is inefficient, costly and results in skipped court dates.</p>
<p>&ldquo;That leads to the arresting officer having to chase after the person, the (district attorney) and the defense attorney having to prepare for someone who doesn&rsquo;t show up, and the judge clearing time on his calendar,&rdquo; Frohnert said.</p>
<p>Plus, once someone misses court, they know they&rsquo;re wanted and that becomes a public safety issue, Frohnert noted.</p>
<p>Currently, without monitoring, someone might be out on bail facing a Measure 11 offense &mdash; a crime requiring a mandatory minimum sentence in Oregon &mdash; &ldquo;and there&rsquo;s no safety net,&rdquo; Frohnert said. &ldquo;Monitoring allows us to keep track of them and stay engaged.&rdquo;</p>
<p>For the Community Corrections Center &mdash; a 215-bed transition facility averaging between 2,000 and 2,100 residents per year and operating as a sort of halfway house between jail and the community &mdash; electronic monitoring is the route to allowing person-to-person offenders (those convicted of domestic violence or a sex offense) to attend work or treatment.</p>
<p>According to Community Corrections Director Steve Berger, the ankle bracelets are accurate to within a few feet and various levels of alerts can be programmed into them.</p>
<p>Active monitoring provides real-time monitoring (by Community Corrections staff or an outside company) of individuals&rsquo; movements, including immediate notification &mdash; via email, text or cell phone &mdash; of violations such as entering a bar or approaching an ex-spouse&rsquo;s home.</p>
<p>Passive monitoring ensures information is downloaded into the system every six hours for review by corrections officials should they have a retroactive concern. Both forms of monitoring provide instant-locator capability.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If a sex offender approaches a school, that will be flagged, and it&rsquo;s all hands on deck,&rdquo; Berger said. Electronic monitoring is not for offenders with a high risk and &ldquo;low responsivity&rdquo; with no interest in complying, he added.</p>
<p>The sheriff&rsquo;s office has been using ankle bracelets since 2006, and Community Corrections started a pilot program for probationers and parolees in 2013. The jail is asking commissioners for $78,000 a year to monitor 100 pre-trial release defendants, with one full-time staffer overseeing the program.</p>
<p>In addition, Berger&rsquo;s agency proposes to monitor anywhere from 10 to 20 offenders a day starting July 1 at an increased cost of $65,000 a year. The contract also provides for alcohol monitoring by testing defendants&rsquo; perspiration once every 30 minutes.</p>
<p>The two agencies are looking to join with the county&rsquo;s Juvenile Department in a joint, five-year contract with Nebraska-based Vigilnet America LLC, which would provide monitoring services.</p>http://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/309/washington-county-agencies-seek-to-boost-funds-for-electronic-monitoringhttp://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/309/washington-county-agencies-seek-to-boost-funds-for-electronic-monitoring
VigilNetWashington County Agencies Seek to Boost Funds for Electronic Monitoring<p>Washington County law enforcement agencies got a favorable response Tuesday to their request for funding to expand electronic monitoring of people awaiting trial.</p>
<p>During a work session of the county Board of Commissioners, officials from the Washington County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office and the Community Corrections Department asked for up to $184,000 to set up the program.</p>
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<p>Read More: <a href="http://portlandtribune.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/263405-136240-washington-county-agencies-seek-to-boost-funding-for-electronic-monitoring">http://portlandtribune.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/263405-136240-washington-county-agencies-seek-to-boost-funding-for-electronic-monitoring</a></p>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:52:00 -05002015-07-08T14:52:00-05:00<p>Washington County law enforcement agencies got a favorable response Tuesday to their request for funding to expand electronic monitoring of people awaiting trial.</p>
<p>During a work session of the county Board of Commissioners, officials from the Washington County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office and the Community Corrections Department asked for up to $184,000 to set up the program.</p>
<p>For the sheriff's office, which runs the Washington County Jail, part of the motivation for the request is that it would allow the release of up to 100 pre-trial defendants &mdash; those who are unable to make bail before their cases go to trial &mdash; into the community so as to avoid overcrowding and the potential forced release of more dangerous inmates.</p>
<p>Those let out under forced release go unmonitored, while those in an official pre-trial release program would be electronically monitored.</p>
<p>Noting that so far this year the WCSO has released 99 individuals due to lack of room in the jail, Lt. Matthew Frohnert said the key issue is to &ldquo;make every bed count.&rdquo; Forced release, he said, is inefficient, costly and results in skipped court dates.</p>
<p>&ldquo;That leads to the arresting officer having to chase after the person, the [district attorney] and the defense attorney having to prepare for someone who doesn&rsquo;t show up, and the judge clearing time on his calendar.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Plus, once someone misses court, they know they&rsquo;re wanted, and that becomes a public safety issue, Frohnert noted.</p>
<p>Currently, without monitoring, someone might be out on bail facing a Measure 11 offense &mdash; a crime requiring a mandatory minimum sentence in Oregon &mdash; &ldquo;and there&rsquo;s no safety net,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Monitoring allows us to keep track of them and stay engaged.&rdquo;</p>
<p>For the Community Corrections Center &mdash; a 215-bed transition facility averaging between 2,000 and 2,100 residents per year and operating as a sort of halfway house between jail and the community &mdash; electronic monitoring is the route to allowing person-to-person offenders (those convicted of domestic violence or a sex offense) to attend work or treatment.</p>
<p>According to Community Corrections Director Steve Berger, the ankle bracelets are accurate to within a few feet, and various levels of alert can be programmed into them.</p>
<p>Active monitoring provides real-time monitoring (by Community Corrections staff or an outside company) of individuals&rsquo; movements, including immediate notification &mdash; via email, text or cell phone &mdash; of a violation such as entering a bar or approaching an ex-spouse's home.</p>
<p>Passive monitoring ensures information is downloaded into the system every six hours for review by corrections officials should they have a retroactive concern. Both forms of monitoring provide instant-locator capability.</p>
<p>&ldquo;If a sex offender approaches a school, that will be flagged, and it&rsquo;s all hands on deck,&rdquo; Berger said. Electronic monitoring is not for offenders with a high risk and &ldquo;low responsivity,&rdquo; with no interest in complying, he added.</p>
<p>The sheriff&rsquo;s office has been using ankle bracelets since 2006, and Community Corrections started a pilot program for probationers and parolees in 2013. The jail is asking commissioners for $78,000 a year to monitor 100 pre-trial release defendants, with one full-time staffer overseeing the program.</p>
<p>In addition, Berger&rsquo;s agency proposes to monitor anywhere from 10 to 20 offenders a day starting July 1 at a cost of $82,000 a year, and the Juvenile Department anticipates a cost of $24,000 a year, said Philip Bransford, Washington County communications officer.</p>
<p>The contract also provides for alcohol monitoring by testing defendants&rsquo; perspiration once every 30 minutes.</p>
<p>The two agencies are looking to join with the county&rsquo;s Juvenile Department in a joint, five-year contract with Nebraska-based Vigilnet America LLC, which would provide monitoring services.</p>
<p><strong>To chip or not to chip?</strong></p>
<p>Microchip tracking turned topical at Tuesday&rsquo;s Washington County Commission work session during a discussion about the electronic monitoring of people released from the local jail.</p>
<p>Commissioner Roy Rogers &mdash; who led the meeting while Chairman Andy Duyck was away on business in Salem &mdash; wondered aloud about skipping ankle bracelets altogether in favor of offenders &ldquo;swallowing some sort of pill or having a chip embedded.&rdquo;</p>
<p>After the session, Rogers allowed that his comment smacked of &ldquo;science fiction.&rdquo; But an April 2014 Fox News Web story noted that, in fact, such technology is closer than many think.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Microchip implants like the ones pet owners use to track their dogs and cats could become commonplace in humans over the next decade,&rdquo; the report said. &ldquo;Experts are divided on whether they&rsquo;re appropriate for people, but the implants could offer several advantages.</p>
<p>&ldquo;For soldiers and journalists in war zones, an implant could be the difference between life and death. A tracker could also help law enforcement quickly locate a kidnapped child.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Recalling a panicked moment at the Pittsburgh Airport in 1994 &mdash; when his then-4-year-old son briefly disappeared on the concourse but was found by an airport employee &mdash; Commissioner Greg Malinowski suggested during the meeting that implanting chips in &ldquo;3-year-olds&rdquo; and &ldquo;Alzheimer's patients&rdquo; might be a good idea.</p>
<p>After the session, Malinowski reiterated his view that &ldquo;if we can track phones and i-Pads, we can track vulnerable citizens."</p>http://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/308/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvania-based-alcohol-monitoring-programshttp://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/308/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvania-based-alcohol-monitoring-programs
VigilNetVigilnet America Announces Acquisition of Pennsylvania-Based Alcohol Monitoring Programs<p>Vigilnet America Announces Acquisition of Pennsylvania-Based Alcohol Monitoring Programs</p>
<p>OMAHA, NE, February 18, 2015 <strong>/24-7PressRelease/</strong> -- Vigilnet America LLC (Vigilnet), a provider of offender monitoring services to the criminal justice system, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Pennsylvania-based Advanced Alcohol Monitoring Programs LLC (AAMP), one of the largest providers of offender monitoring services in Pennsylvania. The acquisition makes Vigilnet one of the largest multi-state providers of alternative sentencing programs in the country. The transaction was effective February 12th, 2015.</p>
<p>Read More:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvaniabased-alcohol-monitoring-programs-401734.php">http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvaniabased-alcohol-monitoring-programs-401734.php</a></p>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:48:00 -06002015-02-18T16:48:00-06:00<p>Vigilnet America Announces Acquisition of Pennsylvania-Based Alcohol Monitoring Programs</p>
<p>OMAHA, NE, February 18, 2015 <strong>/24-7PressRelease/</strong> -- Vigilnet America LLC (Vigilnet), a provider of offender monitoring services to the criminal justice system, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Pennsylvania-based Advanced Alcohol Monitoring Programs LLC (AAMP), one of the largest providers of offender monitoring services in Pennsylvania. The acquisition makes Vigilnet one of the largest multi-state providers of alternative sentencing programs in the country. The transaction was effective February 12th, 2015.</p>
<p>Read More:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvaniabased-alcohol-monitoring-programs-401734.php">http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvaniabased-alcohol-monitoring-programs-401734.php</a></p>http://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/307/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvania-based-mid-atlantic-monitoring-systemshttp://vigilnet.com/blg/884fd229-445a-4dbb-8f16-68d79743da79/307/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvania-based-mid-atlantic-monitoring-systems
VigilNetVigilnet America Announces Acquisition of Pennsylvania-Based Mid-Atlantic Monitoring Systems<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">Expansion makes Vigilnet one of the largest multi-state providers of monitoring technologies for criminal justice.</span></p>
<p>Link to the full story below:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvania-based-mid-atlantic-monitoring-systems-2014-06-24" target="_blank">http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvania-based-mid-atlantic-monitoring-systems-2014-06-24</a></p>Tue, 24 Jun 2014 09:01:00 -05002014-06-24T09:01:00-05:00<p style="font-size: 18px;">Expansion makes Vigilnet one of the largest multi-state providers of monitoring technologies for criminal justice.</p>
<p>Link to the full story below:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvania-based-mid-atlantic-monitoring-systems-2014-06-24" target="_blank">http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vigilnet-america-announces-acquisition-of-pennsylvania-based-mid-atlantic-monitoring-systems-2014-06-24</a></p>